Resources

PUBLICATIONS

Conservation Options for CT Farmland

A guide for landowners, land trusts, and municipalities regarding programs and tools throughout the state. Includes information about agricultural conservation easements, taxes, and funding.Download here.

Economic Impacts of Connecticut’s Agricultural Industry

This 2010 report by the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The study found that the impact of Connecticut’s agricultural industry was up to $3.5 billion, and that the industry generates approximately 20,000 jobs statewide.Download here.

Farmland ConneCTions

A guide for Connecticut towns, institutions, and land trusts regarding the use and lease of farmland. It outlines the growing importance of leased land in the state’s agricultural industry.Download here.

Planning for Agriculture

A guide to help Connecticut municipalities in creating plans for conservation and development. It describes tools available in consideration of the creation of town plans open to promoting agriculture.Download here.

New England Food Policy:

Building a Sustainable Food SystemThis report describes the policy barriers and gaps around increasing production and consumption of regionally-produced food in New England.Download here.

New England Food Vision

This collaborative presents the requirements necessary for New England to produce 50% of the region’s needs by 2060, including agricultural expansion to more than triple the current value of food production.Download here.

Northeast Economic Engine

A 2015 report by Farm Credit East detailing the economic impacts of agriculture, commercial fishing, forest products and related industries in the northeast.Download here.

Public Act 490: A Practical Guide

A guide to Public Act 490, Connecticut’s land use assessment law, which allows farmland, forestland, and open space lands to be taxed at their use value rather than their highest and best use value.Download here.